Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Slavoj Zizek, writing for the New Statesman, has pointed the finger at the EU for the "brutal extortionist pressure" it's applying to Greece, calling on the country and its governing party Syriza to remain courageous in the face of this pressure and to continue to question and challenge the "capitalist mechanics". As he implicitly acknowledges, though, that call may be in vain. Almost as soon as the Greek people had rejected a bailout deal in a referendum, Syriza agreed one that was arguably even more punitive, so it's questionable whether they really have the stomach for the fight.